Category: Club News

This past weekend was the VHF ARRL June contest. Club members on the air. N6RRY Greg Martens N6DSP and WD6DJI. Around noon on Sunday 6 meters opened up to the East and 7 land on 50.125 50.128 and 50.130 Mhz. I worked Iowa with just a six meter dipole CN87. NK6N was knocking off grid …

Tuesday, December 8th, 2015 @ 5:30 pm Round Table Pizza, 4330 Redondo Beach Blvd, Torrance “Radar and the Doppler Effect, Counter-measures & Counter-Counter-Measures” The Doppler effect is used in Radar to accurately measure the velocity of a target. It can also be used to spoof an enemy radar, or to figure out if the enemy is …

IMPORTANT NEWS The W6TRW Amateur Radio Club is pleased to announce that the monthly Swap Meet will not move and will remain at its present location for the foreseeable future. We will continue to hold the Swap Meet at its present location at the Northrop Grumman facility in Redondo Beach on the last Saturday of every month. We will …

Saturday, November 14, 2015 5:30 – 10:00 PM Bluewater Grill, 665 N. Harbor Drive, Redondo Beach It’s time again for the W6TRW Amateur Radio Club Banquet! This will be our 49th Annual Awards Banquet and it will take place on Saturday, 14 November 2015. This year’s banquet speaker is Gordon West, WB6NOA !! Don’t miss …

The ARRL Southwestern Division Convention – HAMCON 2015 – will take place on September 11-13 at the Torrance Marriott Hotel. You do not need to be an ARRL member to attend. You’ll find all kinds of great stuff going on at the convention including ham radio manufacturers and vendors with deals on their goods, exhibits, …

W6TRW General Meeting: Doug Millar K6JEY — Sidewalk Earth-Moon-Earth (EME) September 8, 2015 at 5:30 pm Roundtable Pizza, 4330 Redondo Beach Blvd, Torrance CLICK HERE TO VIEW / DOWNLOAD A PDF FLYER FOR THIS MEETING EVENT Moonbounce, is a form of wireless communication in which the moon is used as a passive satellite. The …

NOTICE: We are pleased to announce that the W6TRW Swap Meet will continue to be held at Northrop Grumman through the end of the year. This means that Swap Meets and VE Testing will continue as usual through December 2015. The Swap Meet will be moving to a new location in January, 2016. That location …

On Saturday & Sunday June 13th &14th W6TRW club members John Bacon KG6IMP, Michael Bao AI6BJ, Mike Hamada KF6UCN, Scott Marsiglia KI6KWI, and Doug Walker W6DOW assisted SCRAN, the South Coast Radio Amateur Network group as additional sport venue Amateur Radio communications for Special Olympics Summer Games at Cal State University Long Beach. This was …

W6TRW Monthly General Meeting Roundtable Pizza, 4330 Redondo Beach Blvd, Torrance Tuesday, June 9th at 5:30 pm Speaker Topic: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Get ready for the world of Amateur Radio on the ISS: Hams in Space! Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, will show us his latest work with ARISS and video …

It’s been a long time in the making but we are finally building a new and improved web site for the club. Please be patient as we get things working and updated. Expect to see some really cool stuff as we build out the site. Check back often for new content.